Thursday, September 11, 2014

Growing up, I always loved when my
family made pizza from scratch, but what I loved even more was what came after
the meal. Any extra dough and scraps were rolled out, left to rise, fried, and
sprinkled with sugar to create a simple, but delicious donut-like treat.

Here we’re doing a savory twist; using
the technique to make a pizza featuring ricotta, pancetta and peaches.
Obviously, you can use any and all classic pizza toppings, but this particular
combo comes highly recommended.

Besides a fun change of pace, this method is great for making a bunch of crusts
ahead of time, and then dressing/baking when needed. Imagine setting up a “make
your own pizza” bar, with your guests customizing theirs any way they want. Add
a couple cases of beer to the mix, and you’ll be hosting a pizza party of epic
proportions. I really hope you give this a try soon. Enjoy!

I made this over the weekend and it came out pretty good. I wanted to make this more sweet than savory so I nixed the parmigiano. I will do a few things different next time for my taste. I don't like cooked/melted ricotta so I think I will cook the components separately and then build on top of just the cold ricotta spread. It will also allow me to cook the peaches a little softer and make a nice peach syrup to drizzle. Anyway all in all like I said it was pretty good.